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February 17
Singer Srinivas .
need singers at short notice . It took me two years to move to Chennai . By that time , there were walls and huge gates with a security . Rahman became huge by 1993-94 . With great difficulty and waiting , I met him again . But , he was the same person . There was absolutely no change . He greeted me and asked me to come next morning , That ’ s my first recording for Rajiv Menon , who later became my close friend . In those days , he was extremely handsome guy and always visited Rahman ’ s studio . They recorded my voice for a jingle for Anchor Quick Stitch Kits . I still remember it . ( sings ) I remember he really loved the way it came , he asked me to sing like a sax . ( laughs ) It was new for me and it was evergreen . And then he tried me for various things and I became one of his regular . I sang from chorus singer to a track singer to a lead singer . I sang for many of his hit numbers . And now I am supervising the vocals in his studio and I also composed independently . So , it ’ s been a great journey for me when I look back .
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All thanks to AR Rahman .
Selvakumar - Did you also have a musical relationship with Pravin Mani ?
Srinivas - Yeah , that ’ s how my music direction started . He was a close friend of Rahman . He flew to Chennai from Australia to meet him . We met at his studio , while watching a cricket match . Both of us , love watching cricket , were cursing at India ’ s play in that match . There , we introduced each other and he told he had signed up a deal with Magnasound and asked if I would like to join him . That ’ s we started working together for an album . He asked to compose the melody and he would do the arrangement . I was little taken back , because I never did omposing . He said